valour - Definition from the MILITARY topic - POLITICS

Topic: MILITARY

Date:	1500-1600
Language:	Old French
Origin:	valour, from Latin valor, from valere 'to be worth, be strong'

valour
noun

val‧our British English; valor American English See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

[uncountable] literary

PM great courage, especially in war:

Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM

medals awarded for valor

Look up a word starting with D or S for samples of headword or sentence pronunciations on the LDOCE CD-ROM

deeds of valour

Definition of valour from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic MILITARY

Explore MILITARY Topic

array base battle(n) battle(v) capability captain capture carrier citation C.O. command(n) command(v) commander commission Corp. corps cross enemy engage engagement exchange field flash fort front HQ installation intelligence line Maj. major man march(v) march(n) mess(n) mess(v) military mission MP NATO objective occupation offensive(a) offensive(n) officer operation padre parade password post push PX quarter raid(n) raid(v) rank recruit(v) recruit(n) review(n) review(v) salute(v) salute(n) shell star station(n) station(v) strategic strategy target(n) target(v) theatre volunteer(n) volunteer(v)

Show all entries from Topic: MILITARY

Word of the Day

The MILITARY
Word of the Day is:

Other related topics

.topic_name{color:#c60000;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica;margin:1px 0px 10px 0;letter-spacing:0px;font-weight:normal;display:block}.Entry{padding-bottom:10px}.content{width:500px}